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Third graders at High Tech Elementary designed and built cardboard arcade games based on simple machines like levers, pulleys, and inclined planes

Fifth graders designed themed park lands based on cultural characteristics to inform their engineering and design choices.

Alec talks to fifth grade teacher Jeff Govoni about a project he and his fifth grade colleagues did last year, in which students designed and built dog houses and cat condos for animals seeking adoption.

Last spring I was standing in my fifth-grade classroom, mid-project, rearranging student groups when I realized we had a problem. My students were building scale models of dog houses and cat condos that they had designed—and would ultimately build—to donate to a pet-adoption event later that spring.

Students explored personal and inspirational forms of power through reflection, research, and creative storytelling.

Craft activism to foster empathy, critical thinking, and civic engagement, encouraging students to express themselves on social issues through art

First graders worked as naturalists to connect the community to the ants that share our environment

"I learned that animals are not just creatures, they can be a big part of your family and life."

Rosemarie Biocarles-Rydeen talks to Alec about "Everybody Needs a Rock", the kindergarten geology project she designed and ran at High Tech Elementary Chula Vista

A fourth grader from High Tech elementary North County stood inside a crater of an extinct volcano. He contemplated where to go next...